That's COOL.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Oct 10, 2006 12:14:59 pm PDT #2988 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
sarameg - Oct 10, 2006 12:40:02 pm PDT #2989 of 10001
My brains are about to leak out my ears.
Years from now, after the original designers are dead and the rest of us are merrily ignoring the years we spent here, researchers will curse those who came up with this data schema. I've been cursing them since I started here. But if someone ever gets these databases cold, they are so screwed. Predictions of planets colliding might be buried in the depths, but it will be impossible to discover.
Theodosia - Oct 10, 2006 12:44:02 pm PDT #2990 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I hear you, sarameg. A well-designed data structure is an elegant thing, which immensely helps both present and future programmers and analysts. If only management would put a priority on giving design enough time to get things set up correctly....
sarameg - Oct 10, 2006 12:48:15 pm PDT #2991 of 10001
The main problem is that they let the scientists go to town on the kind of data products they wanted. Which they did, breaking all sorts of rules our end had laid out. And in that era, it was the scientists who were golden, so our end just had to deal. The result is 23ish terabytes of data traced in a snarly, obscure, bizarro-world database. Or rather, databases. It's really bad.
Aims - Oct 10, 2006 12:56:33 pm PDT #2992 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Is it possible to be allergic to envelope glue?
Lee - Oct 10, 2006 12:58:29 pm PDT #2993 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It is if you're on Seinfeld.
erikaj - Oct 10, 2006 1:15:25 pm PDT #2994 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
cheap invites?
Kathy A - Oct 10, 2006 1:20:57 pm PDT #2995 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
If it's the end of the day, it's time for picture posting! Today, instead of puppies or kittens, it's a great shot of the Chicago grid at night.
Sheryl - Oct 10, 2006 1:35:03 pm PDT #2996 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
It's not a whole lot of fun when a piece of equipment you need for your protocol at work malfunctions in the middle of said protocol. To make matters more annoying, it's the only piece of equipment in the lab that works for this. Grrr.
Connie Neil - Oct 10, 2006 1:37:51 pm PDT #2997 of 10001
brillig
I am so not in the mood to talk to whiny, self-centered clients. Don't spend the first five minutes of a call berating me about how valuable your time is and how offended you are to be kept on hold, etc. etc. Cut to the chase, tell me your problem, follow my instructions, don't keep harping on how horrible the service is and LET ME DO MY JOB!